Battle Analysis Paper Battle of the Bulge by November 10, 2013 1. Defining the subject/ evaluation of the sources a. Defining the Battle to be analyzed (where, who, when) The Battle of the Bulge was one of the most offensive Nazi campaigns launched on December, 16 in 1944 and lasted until January, 25, 1945. The battle took place in the densely forested areas of Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Germany. The battle involved German, American, Canadian and British forces.
The Americans had estimated that there were about 65,000 Japanese troops on the island; the Americans plan was to destroy what was left of the Japanese merchant fleet and use airstrips in the region to launch bombing raids on Japan’s industrial heartland. Being named the bloodiest battle in the Pacific War meant more than just a few casualties. The invasion began on April 1, when 60,000 American troops landed on the front lines. The battle proceeded in four phases: First, the advance of the eastern coast; Second, the clearing of the northern part of the island; Third, the occupation of the outlying islands and Fourth, the main battle which started on April 6, and did not end until June 21. The final phase was extremely difficult because the Japanese were well entrenched and the naval
On the 22nd June 1941 ordered the start of Operation Barbarossa, An operation that around 3.9 million German troops would be committed and was arguably the beginning of the end of the Third Reich’s worldwide conquest. With hindsight it is easy to suggest that Russia would have always proven a target too overwhelming to tackle considering the constraints of the German military, Economy and more importantly logistical supply line. There are debatable points then as to why Hitler decided to invade such a difficult target, whether it was an act of opportunism or whether the ideological urge and hatred ran so deep he was forced invade at any opening. Both realisations as to why have points supporting it and the probably answer was most likely a mix of both. The question as to when Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union comes under similar causes.
On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland. They both agreed that they would split up Poland after they took it over. Stalin ordered his Soviet forces to invade Poland on September 17,1939. This took place after the Winter War which Russia annexed Southeastern Finland. Soviet Russia annexed
World War II had many devastating blows and attacks on numerous countries. World War II started with the German invasion of Poland. Only a year after, Germany invaded Denmark, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, and Belgium. The consecutive year, Italy declared war on France and Britain, while the Nazis bombed Coventry, England. In 1941 December 7, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; which caused the U.S. to declare war.
Trotsky was given the task of negotiating with the Germans. Russia was to lose a great deal of land which included 60 million people to the Germans. The land also included 25% of her farming land and 75% of her iron ore and coal deposits. But the treaty got Russia out of the war and allowed Lenin the time to concentrate on home issues. The civil war was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party.
The British Prime Minister at the time was Winston Churchill. The Wehrmacht were the united armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The Dunkirk evacuation, commonly known as the miracle of Dunkirk, code-named “Operation Dynamo” by the British, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France between 26th May 1940 and the early hours of 4th June 1940. They were evacuated on naval vessels, civilian boats and little ships.
Blitzkrieg (German, "lightning war"; [pic] listen (help·info)) is an anglicized word[1][2][3][Notes 1] describing all-mechanized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the latter is broken, proceeding without regard to its flank. Through constant motion, the blitzkrieg attempts to keep its enemy off-balance, making it difficult to respond effectively at any given point before the front has already moved on. During the interwar period, aircraft and tank technologies matured and were combined with systematic application of the German tactics of infiltration and bypassing of enemy strong points. [7] When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Western journalists adopted the term blitzkrieg to describe this form of armoured warfare. [8] Blitzkrieg operations were very effective during the campaigns of 1939 - 1941.
However, harsh conditions were endured during transportation, in the territories they were shipped to and in the ghettos. The ghettos can be interpreted as evidence that the Nazis ultimate aim was to allow as many Jews to die as possible. In June 1941, Hitler employed a different strategy called Operation Barbarossa in the war against Russia than previously seen in his strikes against other European countries. He launched an invasion on the USSR without declaration of war. The ideology was
By 1942, Hitler had assumed control of the German Army (an army that no longer had the strength and resources seen in Operation Barbarossa) and he listened to his generals much less than he had in previous years. Hitler’s main goals for attacking Stalingrad were to reach the rich oil fields of the Caucasus region; to conquer the main waterway of inner Russia, the Volga River; and to cripple the city so that it could no longer be an industrial or transportation center. These goals were ordered under “directive 41” code named Operation Blue where he ordered all available forces in the southern flank on the long front to destroy the Soviet forces there, allowing the German army to take the oil fields and Volga River . The above reasons were very rational from a strategic stand point, but many argue that Hitler’s obsession with conquering the city named after Stalin clouded his judgment when the battle swung in the favor of the Soviets. His ego forced him to ignore the constant warnings by his generals on more than one occasion.